How to avoid irregular verbs?

Question

Hola amigos,

Creo que español es idioma bonita, pero tiene muchos verbos irregulares. Estoy preguntando si hay un modo evitar el uso de verbos irregulares durante una conversación ordinaria.

All I mean to say if I want to say I walked... during an ordinary conservation I would say andé rather than antuve

Muchas gracias

Welcome to the forum - ian-hill, Dec 9, 2011

*anduve - rabbitwho, Dec 9, 2011

Answer 1

you can't use haber, tener, estar and ser which will make your life a lot harder.

Eliminating the perfect and continuous tenses as well as the whole ser vs. estar problem would make my life a lot easier

. . .eliminating prepositions as well would be even better

Well, good luck :) You'll be like the guy who tried to write a book without using the letter 'e'. - S1r_Wakka, Dec 9, 2011

great idea - MOH1, Dec 9, 2011

This is a short book in which I discuss a group of topics. First, I will discuss what I did in San Juan last month. . . - lorenzo9, Dec 9, 2011

This is the site that helped me more than anything with irregular verbs: http://conjuguemos.com/ - rabbitwho, Dec 9, 2011

Answer 2

Seriously, if you want to learn any skill surely you would make an attempt to learn aspects of that skill that presented you with a challenge?

Perhaps you drive a car? Surely you have learnt to ride a bicicyle? In undertaking to learn those skills you have to attempt to steer the car, manage to change the gears, (unless it is an automatic) be observant of other vehicles and road users around you and indicate after checking your mirror?

Don't you think it would be crazy to say ''Well, I will learn to steer the car because that it easy but I won't bother to learn to change gear properly because that is too hard for me?'' Every skill has aspects that involve a challenge but as you persevere you will overcome that obstacle and succeed. If you didn't learn to change gear properly you would damage the car's engine and if you do not learn how to conjugate and use irregular verbs you could affect you chances of being taken seriously when speaking to natives or worse still being misunderstood!

There may be many people here who have grown up with a learning difficulty I have had to overcome the challenges of Dyspraxia which have involved many difficulties with co-ordinating my physical movements as a child and an adult yet I persevered and passed my driving test 3rd time ahead of people without such difficulties.

Think positively and attempt to learn them you may even surprise yourself just be patient and persevere!

Answer 3

Only method I can think of to avoid irregular verbs:

1) go to the beach

2) dig a hole

3) stick you head in the sand

lol!!!! I must send this to my boss :) - billygoat, Dec 9, 2011

You bet!, and i am copying it! :) - chileno, Dec 9, 2011

Hysterically funny hahahahahaha Great one, Marianne :) - FELIZ77, Dec 9, 2011

jejeje very funny ..... - cindybuenasuerte, Dec 9, 2011

Answer 4

It would be almost impossible to speak / write English without the irregular verbs.

Many of them are words we use everyday.

The same can be said of Spanish - one just has to learn them.

My teacher has always said that the irregular verbs are irregular because we use them most often lol. - PR1990201, Dec 9, 2011

Right, if an unusual verb was irregular everyone would forget that it was irregular. There are a lot of unusual verbs taht used to be irregular but aren't anymore because they weren't used often enough so people forgot - rabbitwho, Dec 9, 2011

Answer 5

Well, you can do it, and you might be understood, but I just wanted to point out that saying andé instead of anduve in Spanish would be a lot like saying goded instead of went in English. (It is common for toddlers to say goed or goded instead of went.)

So, basically, I don't recommend doing this on purpose; however, it might be necessary in conversations just so you can say what you need to and move on, but you would always want to try to improve in this area or you will sound quite bad if you do this with all irregular verbs.

Answer 6

Learn them one by one, step by step. If you leave them now and then you end up speaking intermediate Spanish and you realize you need them and not knowing them is causing you a lot of problems it will be really really hard to learn them all together in one big lump.

If you don't want irregular verbs stop learning Spanish, learn Esperanto. Almost no one will speak it with you and there's not much culture to be enjoyed through Esperanto, but it'll be easy. So do that if that's what you want.

not knowing them WILL cause you a lot of problems - FELIZ77, Dec 9, 2011

have you also learned Esperanto , I attented some free course during my university period , while we do not use it in our daily life or the work , now almost forget them , I argee with you that learn them one by one,step by step :) - cindybuenasuerte, Dec 9, 2011

I haven't really studied, it, just taken a look. If I was going to learn a constructed language I would learn this: http://www.slovio.com/ it's just as easy and it can already be understood by millions and millions of people - rabbitwho, Dec 9, 2011

Answer 7

I am studying Spanish as a beginning, Although those irrugular verbs give me headahce , I will keep learning them one by one , step by step , No need to push yourself learn the in a jump . As time goes on , one day you will find yourself learned a lot Come on and Good luck

Answer 8

Actually, lazarus said that saying andé instead of anduve is common in Spain.

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Well, if a lot of people do it, then it might come across more like saying "have went" instead of "have gone," which is something I do. :/ - webdunce, Dec 9, 2011

But, if he says ses instead of eres, well... - webdunce, Dec 9, 2011

Answer 9

Because they are the most common verbs... used very often I'm working on learning them first. My theory is if repeat enuff they will stick.

tc

We have English learning here too. Don't spell fake words like 'enuff'. It's 'enough'. Forum rules, my friend....:) - pesta, Dec 9, 2011

Answer 10

Be VERY creative with words and learn to express yourself using only regular verbs. If stem-changers and verbs with irregular present tense yo-form count as irregular then you can't use haber, tener, estar and ser which will make your life a lot harder.